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BOOKS ON DESIGN THEORY, AESTHETICS AND HISTORY

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Spector Books

BOOK FORMAT
Paperback, 4 x 6 in. / 176 pgs.

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D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: FALL 2020 p. 147   

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ISBN 9783959053556 TRADE
List Price: $15.00 CDN $21.00

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Handle with Care: Unpacking a Bulky Table

Bauhaus Paperback 24

Text by Lisa Andreani, Simon Mitchel, Hanan Kataw, Roxanna Brands, Marianna Mitchell, Louise Rietvink, Gabriela Szalanska, Mara Trübenbach, Regina Bittner.

Marcel Breuer’s Isokon table as a case study for the museum object

In 1936, Hungarian-born Bauhaus designer Marcel Lajos Breuer (1902-81) used cut and bent plywood to fashion a prototype of a wide, soft-edged table for the Isokon Furniture Company in London. Today a fixture of the Bauhaus collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum and an emblem of the movement’s furniture design sensibilities, Breuer’s table presents an interesting curatorial conundrum: what happens to an everyday object when it becomes part of a museum collection

This book investigates the material stories, social practices and various phases of commodification and ownership represented by this single object. Delving into the detailed history behind Breuer’s table and the exhibition thereof, it also explores the institutional practices of the museum in its project of object archival.


Handle with Care: Unpacking a Bulky Table

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VEGETATION UNDER POWER: HEAT, BREATH, GROWTH

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ISBN: 9783959055871
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Pub Date: 12/13/2022
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Bauhaus N° 12

BAUHAUS N° 12

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ISBN: 9783959054003
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Pub Date: 7/13/2021
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Handle with Care: Unpacking a Bulky Table

HANDLE WITH CARE: UNPACKING A BULKY TABLE

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ISBN: 9783959053556
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Pub Date: 9/1/2020
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The Art of Joining

THE ART OF JOINING

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ISBN: 9783959052849
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Pub Date: 9/17/2019
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Desk in Exile

DESK IN EXILE

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ISBN: 9783959051224
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Pub Date: 9/26/2017
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The Bauhaus Building in Dessau

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ISBN: 9783944669267
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Pub Date: 7/1/2014
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Bauhaus World Heritage Site

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ISBN: 9783959051545
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Pub Date: 6/26/2018
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Architecture After Speculation

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ISBN: 9783959050173
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Pub Date: 9/6/2016
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ISBN: 9789493148864
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Pub Date: 11/15/2022
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Memphis Again

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Pub Date: 11/15/2022
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HATJE CANTZ

ISBN: 9783775753340
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Pub Date: 1/24/2023
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Process: Design Drawings from the Rijksmuseum 1500–1900

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ISBN: 9789462087354
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Pub Date: 2/28/2023
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In Pursuit of Color

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ISBN: 9781954957008
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Pub Date: 7/18/2023
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ISBN: 9786148035432
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Pub Date: 7/19/2022
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Hello, Robot

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VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM

ISBN: 9783945852507
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Pub Date: 1/24/2023
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Good Design

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ISBN: 9788418895289
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Pub Date: 11/8/2022
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Designerly Ways of Knowing

DESIGNERLY WAYS OF KNOWING

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ISBN: 9789493148802
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Pub Date: 11/15/2022
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Surrealism and Design Now

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ISBN: 9781872005621
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Seeing|Making —> Room for Thought

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ISBN: 9781941753538
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Rights of Way

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ISBN: 9789493148703
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Pub Date: 11/15/2022
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